Collingbourne Ducis War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 2018. War memorial.
Collingbourne Ducis War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- spare-flint-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Collingbourne Ducis War Memorial, Memorial Green, Church Street, SN8 3EL
- OS grid reference
- SU 242 536
- Coordinates
- 51.28164, -1.6536
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Collingbourne Ducis war memorial is a First World War memorial with a Second World War addition, situated on a green at the north side of the main road through the village, directly opposite the Grade II*-listed Church of St Andrew and the Grade II-listed Court Farmhouse.
This memorial features a granite wheel-head cross with a tall, tapering shaft that rises from a four-sided, tapering plinth, which is set on a chamfered, rectangular base. The plinth displays inscriptions and names in incised lettering that is painted black.
The main inscription is located on the east face of the plinth and reads: "IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO DID THEIR DUTY EVEN UNTO DEATH ON BEHALF OF THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918."
On the west face of the plinth, the inscription states: "THESE DIED IN WAR THAT WE AT PEACE MIGHT LIVE. THESE GAVE THEIR BEST SO WE OUR BEST SHOULD GIVE. NOT FOR THEMSELVES FOR JUSTICE, FREEDOM, RIGHT THEY FOUGHT, AND BID US FORWARD TO THE FIGHT. SEE YE TO IT THAT THESE SHALL NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN."
The south face of the plinth lists the 11 names of those who fell during the First World War, including their rank and regiment. The dates 1939-1945 have been added to the upper surface of the south face of the plinth, along with the name of the one individual from the parish who died in the Second World War.
The memorial is set on a large flagstone embedded in the ground and is surrounded by a low metal fence.
Local climate
Collingbourne Ducis War Memorial receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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